If a picture is worth 1,000 words, how many does a bobblehead get?
Andy Pages and Kiké Hernández are getting their iconic World Series moment immortalized with their own Dodger Stadium giveaway on Sept. 6, the team announced on social media Wednesday.
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The bobblehead commemorates “the catch” with a recreation of Pages reaching over Hernández, glove outstretched in air to pluck the ball as the two Los Angeles Dodgers outfielders collided.
With the bases loaded for the Toronto Blue Jays in the bottom of the ninth inning in Game 7 of the World Series at Rogers Centre, Ernie Clement hit a curveball from Yoshinobu Yamamoto deep into the power alley between left and center field.
Hernández gave chase to the ball as it sailed over his head near the warning track but before he could turn around to make a play, Pages — who was right behind Hernández — ran into him.
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Despite the collision, Pages was somehow able to reach up, pluck the ball out of the air and hold onto it while he ran into the wall for the third out as Hernández crumpled to the ground and lay there for a few extra seconds.
Hernández later admitted that he thought the play had been botched and that the Blue Jays had walked it off until Pages bent down to check on his teammate and let him know they were going to extra innings. The rest, as the cliché goes, is history.
Will Smith went on to hit the winning home run in the top of the 11th. Yamamoto closed out Toronto in the home half of the inning and the Dodgers became back-to-back World Series champions.
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Because of the significance of the catch and the popularity of Hernández among Dodger fans, plan to get to Chavez Ravine early if you want a shot at this giveaway.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Dodgers immortalize ‘the catch’ with this gorgeous bobblehead
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